The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 105

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Chapter 105

 

The Chairman and I watched with bleary eyes as Rain explained the situation using every gesture and movement at her disposal.

 

“When I met Duchess Valois, it had already been decided that she would receive 1 million francs each from the Shrine and the Marche Ducal House. I thought she’d need to ask for around 3 million to borrow Master’s money…!”

 

“So, you decided on your own.”

 

When the Chairman looked at her with sharp eyes, Rain sniffled while pressing her two clenched fists against her chest.

 

“But I tried to communicate and you didn’t answer…! Master, it’s not my fault. This is all because of that stupid old man.”

 

Then the doll threw herself into my arms, saying “Don’t hate me!”

 

I shook my head as I watched Rain acting so spoiled.

 

My ball-jointed doll Rain, which I had created after searching for 5 years and spending an enormous amount of money, was a creation that incorporated the dollmaker’s special techniques.

 

Ball-jointed dolls are extremely special magic tools of which there are very few in the world, and their creators are alchemists.

 

Their creation itself is classified as alchemy because they could potentially be used as weapons of war.

 

Therefore, even though the Chairman, who was truly Dubbled’s second-in-command with authority to contact the shadow organization, mobilized all his connections, it took over two years to finally find a creator.

 

The creator apparently sweet-talked the Chairman who had gone to purchase the doll.

 

“Your master is very lucky. I’ve gotten my hands on a very special core. A special item will be completed that’s on a completely different level from the dolls I’ve made so far.”

 

The creator who said this demanded a premium that was three times the market price.

 

‘When I first heard the Chairman’s words, I was going to refuse.’

 

Becoming a buyer of a newly developed product wasn’t necessarily a good thing. It was the same as saying it would be hard to prepare for the risks that could occur with the product.

 

Most of all, it was suspicious that he would sell such a special doll rather than keeping it for himself.

 

Nevertheless, the reason I purchased it was that while we were deliberating, he also lowered the price, and most importantly, I really liked the function of the new doll he proposed.

 

Usually, while controlling a ball-jointed doll, the dollmaker must concentrate without moving and send powerful mana, but he said the doll with the new core could move on its own.

 

‘I thought it just meant it could move without mana.’

 

If it could move without mana, then Seria or the Chairman could control it instead of me. But when I actually received Rain,

 

‘…She really moves by herself.’

 

Surprised by this unheard-of magic tool, the Chairman and I summoned the creator, but that bastard had already fled.

 

He took a lot of money and completed it, but when he actually finished it, it must have looked like a defective product even to him.

 

Rain could only move when I charged her with divine power, but when I charged her and made her eyes open, she kept trying to kill whoever was in front of her.

 

‘Usually with ball-jointed dolls, you can at least destroy them if something’s wrong.’

 

This one repairs itself automatically even when broken, unless you destroy the core.

 

And only I knew the true identity of that special core.

 

A divine artifact, the Claw of Pride.

 

‘That divine artifact that became the material for the slaughter doll used as the enemy’s final weapon in the Holy Demon War…’

 

The thing that only stopped moving after Adrian destroyed the core with his holy sword…

 

The Evil God’s divine artifact…

 

I thought he was just an alchemist in name only since he made dolls, but I didn’t know he was actually someone who used real alchemy.

 

Since I couldn’t bring the holy sword from the Papal Court to destroy it, I reluctantly thought I’d try to educate the doll somehow, and it was actually possible to educate her. She was very smart too.

 

I chuckled inwardly.

 

‘You didn’t know about this, did you, Creator.’

 

If I caught him, I planned to beat him to death first, but either way, Rain was very useful.

 

“I missed you, Master.”

 

Though he was incredibly clingy.

 

I skillfully pushed away Rain, who was rubbing his face all over my cheek.

 

“First, I need to check the situation.”

 

When the ceremonial officer answered “Yes” and tried to stop the gear on Rain’s shoulder blade, Rain bared his fingernails and glared at the ceremonial officer.

 

“Take your stinking hands off me, old man!”

 

“Someday I will steal the Holy Sword.”

 

“Hmph, I’ll kill you before that happens.”

 

“This damn brat, after all the training I gave him…!”

 

I pushed apart Rain and the ceremonial officer, who were glaring murderously at each other, and scolded them sternly.

 

“I told you you’d be in trouble if you fought again!”

 

“I’m sorry, Master…”

 

“…”

 

Sighing, I directly removed Rain’s gear and took the hand of the now-motionless Rain.

 

As always, the experiences Rain had gone through flooded into my mind.

 

“An interest rate of 40 percent every ten days? Isn’t that truly loan sharking!”

 

“But dear, once we receive the money from the Marche Ducal House, it will all be resolved. We don’t even have enough for the operating expenses of the Imperial Capital Mansion right now, and without Lord Rain’s help…!”

 

“Lord? Lord, you say? Ridiculous! He’s nothing but a lowly loan shark trying to mortgage our mansion!”

 

The quarrel between Duke and Duchess Valois.

 

“I wonder if I should accept something like this…”

 

“Does it not please you?”

 

“Of course not. This is the first time I’ve worn a necklace with so many large diamonds.”

 

“Duke Valois seems to be excessively cold toward his wife.”

 

Duchess Valois, completely smitten with Rain.

 

“My goodness, this is my first time at a casino.”

 

“For a first-timer, you have excellent skills. Look. Even the dealer is surprised.”

 

“This is fun.”

 

Rain, who had rented out an entire casino to deceive Duchess Valois. Duchess Valois, who had developed a taste for gambling thanks to Rain.

 

I let go of Rain’s hand, put the gear back in, and nodded.

 

“Good. Well done.”

 

“Right~?”

 

Rain giggled and lifted his head confidently.

 

“She’s become completely addicted to gambling.”

 

That would be right. In the second life, Duchess Valois also fell into gambling and squandered the family fortune.

 

‘In this life, I made her get hooked 5 years earlier.’

 

I nodded my head.

 

“Give her lots of gifts, and keep spreading bad rumors about me. You understand?”

 

“Yes! I’m Master’s good doll!”

 

“That’s right, Rain is good.”

 

“Master is good too!”

 

The attendant watched the wicked master and servant call each other good while grinning wickedly, and opened his eyes hazily.

 

* * *

 

A few days later, Duchess Valois headed to the horse racing stadium with Leblaine’s ball-jointed doll Rain.

 

After several races, Duchess Valois, who had a large sum of money in her hands, trembled with excitement.

 

“My goodness. Following Lord Rain’s recommendations for betting tickets, they were all successful!”

 

“We were lucky.”

 

Rain smiled brightly and offered her black tea with ice.

 

“Shall we stop here for today and go back? It seems you’ve won quite a bit of money.”

 

Duchess Valois swallowed her saliva and stared at the bulletin board.

 

‘The biggest game is left.’

 

Duchess Valois’s eyes gleamed with greed.

 

“Just one more time at the end.”

 

“This race is difficult for me to gauge. I don’t see any horses in good condition.”

 

“…I’ll go with Gale Wind again this time.”

 

Out of nine races, the horse that won six times was that black horse, ‘Gale Wind.’

 

Duchess Valois used the money she had earned so far and even borrowed a large sum from Rain to purchase many betting tickets for Gale Wind.

 

And the race began.

 

Gale Wind, who was in particularly good condition today, ran in the lead even until the second lap around the track.

 

“Run, yes!”

 

Duchess Valois shouted with great excitement.

 

However, at the moment of the final lap around the track, the jockey of the brown horse following in second place rode close to Gale Wind as if fired up with determination.

 

A fight broke out between the jockeys. Gale Wind and the brown horse, running as if threatening each other, swayed greatly and fell down side by side.

 

It was the moment when all the other horses hesitated, caught up by the fallen horses.

 

Spotty, the white horse that had been running in last place, shot out like lightning between the confused horses and leaped over the fallen horse.

 

“That’s impossible!”

 

Duchess Valois screamed.

 

However, the fallen horse showed no signs of getting up, and Spotty, the white horse that had been mocked as a pathetic horse, leisurely crossed the white line.

 

The Duchess collapsed while holding the betting tickets that had become scraps of paper.

 

Seeing her pale face, Rain clicked her tongue as if pitying her and draped an overcoat over her.

 

“I told you we should go back, didn’t I?”

 

“My money, my money…”

 

“Another good opportunity will come again.”

 

Though you’ve already spent 200,000 francs of Master’s money today.

 

Everything was going according to Leblaine’s expectations.

 

Duchess Valois, who had gotten a taste for money from several races, lost her reason and borrowed another large sum from Rain.

 

The amount on the accumulated IOUs was approaching the 3 million lent to Duke Valois.

 

“Making money is hard, but spending it is really easy.”

 

The doll smiled bitterly, recalling her master’s words.

 

* * *

 

I stared at the pile of gold coins Seria had brought with an ecstatic expression.

 

Where does that smell of money come from? From me!

 

I hugged the gold coin box that even two strong men would struggle to carry.

 

‘Well done, Spotty!’

 

I remembered today’s race much more clearly than other horse races.

 

Because an outcome no one expected had occurred. It was the day when Spotty, who had been pointed at and called a worthless horse, won his first race.

 

The betting ticket ratio was 512 to 1.

 

Not a single person had bet money on Spotty. And in this life, all of this is mine.

 

“Waaah.”

 

I rubbed my cheek against the gold coins and let out a happy scream.

 

The butler and Seria laughed watching me like that.

 

“Even though you have more than enough money, you’re still so pleased.”

 

I looked at the butler in surprise.

 

“The more money you have, the better.”

 

Seria nodded in agreement.

 

“Guild Master is right. Money is good.”

 

I carefully took some of the gold coins and handed the rest to Seria.

 

“Keep this safe and lend it to Duchess Valois.”

 

“Yes. Oh, the special gems and minerals you mentioned have been gathered in the warehouse. Would you like to see them?”

 

“Yes.”

 

I took Seria’s hand and headed to the warehouse. The butler followed behind us.

 

When we opened the warehouse door, it was full of luxurious gems and unusual minerals.

 

‘This is incredible.’

 

It was indeed worth spending money like water.

 

I crouched down in front of the minerals and examined them one by one, then tossed them behind me with quick motions.

 

Seria asked with a puzzled expression.

 

“What exactly are you planning to do with those?”

 

I looked at one mineral with a particularly shiny surface and said.

 

“I’m going to summon a demon.”

 

“What?!”

 

As the chairman said, the amethyst I entrusted to him is dangerous. If it’s a demon that would speak to me first, just summoning it could be dangerous.

 

So I need to summon a safe, new demon.

 

‘I hope this time it’s also a pushover like Bune… no, a kind demon!’

 

I giggled and infused divine power into the mineral.

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